The dynamic and complex system of European Union policymaking is analysed in this new
edition of a much-praised textbook. It offers the most integrated understanding of EU policy …

Acknowledging that both analysts and practitioners face problems of meaningful
categorization of social order in general, and the European political-administrative system in …

This book challenges the assumption that policy makers' work with advisory committees is
emblematic of technocratic governance. Analyzing how and why the European Commission …

Recent decades have seen an expansion and proliferation of administrative bodies at the
international level. An emerging literature on 'international public administrations' attempts to …

This study shows how the EU's new Common Foreign and Security policy (CFSP)
administration–the European External Action Service (EEAS)–experienced early …

This open access book provides an exhaustive picture of the role that annulment conflicts
play in the EU multilevel system. Based on a rich dataset of annulment actions since the …

Turbulence in public affairs calls for understanding the conditions for robust and sustained
political order (Ansell and Trondal 2017; Fukuyama 2016; Olsen 2007). Turbulence is …

The contribution of this study is two-fold: First, it outlines a conceptual framework on political
order; and secondly, it offers empirical illustrations on the case of Nordic cooperation. Taken …

Purpose The chapter furnishes empirical evidence about the extent and profiles of autonomy
of EU agencies, the modalities whereby they are steered and controlled, and the interactions …

The political system of the European Union (EU) is characterized by competences shared
between the EU institutions and the member states, with the latter deciding and conferring …